Mount Eisenhower, formerly Mount Pleasant, is a mountain in the

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in the White Mountains of

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approximately high. Named after

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

, its summit offers a 360° view. It is inaccessible by road. The Crawford Path, carrying the

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, crosses the mountain near its summit. It separates from the summit loop trail at , south of the summit, and rejoins it northeast of the summit, having made a net elevation gain of about and reached a maximum on Eisenhower of about . The mountain was known as Mount Pleasant until the New Hampshire Legislature voted in 1969 to name it after President Eisenhower, and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names agreed in 1970.New Hampshire peak named for Eisenhower
/ref> The shortest trail route to the summit of Eisenhower is from a parking lot on Mount Clinton Road, to its

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, via primarily the Edmands Path. Several routes are available from points more or less southwest of it on Route 302; the most used of these (probably roughly equal in popularity to the Edmands route) is via the Crawford Path, starting from a parking lot on Mount Clinton Road, very near 302 and just north of the Highland Center in the

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area.

Mount Monroe Mount Monroe is a mountain peak southwest of Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, United States. It is named for American President James Monroe and is the fourth highest mountain on the 4000 foote ...

lies on the ridge northeast of Mt. Eisenhower, and Mount Pierce to the southwest. All three of these peaks are included on the peak-bagging list of

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in New Hampshire. Mount Franklin, an "unofficial" peak (not prominent enough to be included in the list), lies between Mount Eisenhower and Mount Monroe.

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summitpost.org:Mount Eisenhower climbing info PeakBagger.com: Mount Eisenhower
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